Fly fishing near Edwards, Colorado

The Fryingpan River just below Ruedi Dam, with the dam's outlet works upstream and a dry, grassy slope
Photo credit

The Fryingpan River below Ruedi Dam at the Rocky Fork day-use area. Photo: Klambpatten (with Bureau of Reclamation), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

4 waters with a page lie within 25 miles of Edwards, Colorado, in a straight line; the nearest are Eagle River (3 mi), Gore Creek (8 mi) and Blue River (21 mi).

More about Edwards

4 fly shops and 2 fly-fishing guides are in Edwards or within 15 miles, unclaimed unless marked on their page. The nearest destination hub is Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan, 30 miles away.

Updated · Sources: USGS GNIS (town point)

4 waters near Edwards

About this

Straight-line miles from the town's point in the USGS Geographic Names Information System to the nearest mapped point or gauge on each water; the road is longer. Each page has the live flow where a gauge reports, the agency's rules and access map, and who guides it.

Within 25 miles, straight line

  1. Eagle RiverFreestone river · 3 mi · Featured sport-fishing water · live USGS flow
  2. Gore CreekFreestone river · 8 mi · Gold Medal Water · live USGS flow
  3. Blue RiverTailwater · 21 mi · Gold Medal Water · live USGS flow
  4. Fryingpan RiverTailwater · 23 mi · Gold Medal Water · live USGS flow

Fly shops nearby

About this

Shops that name Edwards as their town or publish a location within 15 miles. Facts come from each shop's own website; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Fly-fishing guides nearby

About this

Guides and outfitters that name Edwards as their town or are mapped within 15 miles. Confirm licences, rates and dates directly; listings are unclaimed unless their page says claimed.

Nearest destination hub

Basalt, the Roaring Fork & the Fryingpan · 30 mi

Where this comes from

Sources

Town point: USGS Geographic Names Information System (town points) (U.S. Geological Survey, public domain), feature 204666, Eagle County. Water positions, gauges, designations and species: the sources listed on each water page. Guides and shops: their own websites, as listed on each page. Nothing here grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing here grants access. Check maps, signs and landowners.